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Rating: 7.4/10 by 12 users

Roy Orbison and Friends: A Black and White Night (1988)

Recorded live at the Coconut Grove in Los Angeles, Roy is joined by an eclectic ensemble of rock and roll superstars including Jackson Browne, Elvis Costello, T-Bone Burnett, J.D. Souther, Jennifer Warnes, k.d. lang, Bonnie Raitt, Bruce Springsteen and Tom Waits.

Release Date: Sun, Jan 03, 1988

Rating: 7.4/10 by 12 users

Alternative Title:
Black and White Night 30 - US

Country:
United States of America
Language:
English
Runtime: 01 hour 04 minutes
Budget: $0
Revenue: $0

Plot Keyword: concert, music video, live performance, music show

Roy Orbison
Self - Lead Vocals/Guitar
Jackson Browne
Self - Backing Vocals
T Bone Burnett
Self - Guitar
Elvis Costello
Self - Guitar/Electric Organ/Harmonica
J. Steven Soles
Self - Backing Vocals
Bonnie Raitt
Self - Backing Vocals
Bruce Springsteen
Self - Vocals/Guitar
Tom Waits
Self - Organ/Guitar
JD Souther
Self - Backing Vocals/Guitar
Jennifer Warnes
Self - Backing Vocals
Alex Acuna
Self - Percussion
Glen D. Hardin
Self - Piano
James Burton
Self - Guitar
Jerry Scheff
Self - Upright Bass
Ronnie Tutt
Self - Drums
Mike Utley
Self - Keyboard
K.D. Lang
Self - Backing Vocals
Billy Idol
Self - Audience Member
Harry Dean Stanton
Self - Audience Member
Sidney Poitier
Self - Audience Member
Kris Kristofferson
Self - Audience Member
David Lynch
Self - Audience Member
Patrick Swayze
Self - Audience Member
Billy Bob Thornton
Self - Audience Member
Jim Jarmusch
Self - Audience Member
Carey Lowell
Self - Audience Member
Stacy Widelitz
Self - Audience Member
Wayne Newton
Self - Audience Member
Lisa Niemi
Self - Audience Member

BornKnight

This show was filmed on September 30, 1987, approximately fourteen months before his death, at 52yo of heart attack while returning from a tour with the The Traveling Wilburys a supergroup formed by George Harrison, Jeff Lynne, Roy Orbison, Bob Dylan and Tom Petty. This show of the documentary is a collection of Orbison's hits at the then Ambassador Hotel's Cocoanut Grove nightclub in Los Angeles, with the backing band being the TCB Band, which accompanied Elvis Presley from 1969 until his death in 1977: Glen Hardin on piano, James Burton on lead guitar, Jerry Scheff on bass, and Ronnie Tutt on drums. Male background vocalists, some of whom also joined in on guitar, electric organ and keyboards were Bruce Springsteen, Tom Waits, Elvis Costello, Jackson Browne, J.D. Souther and Steven Soles. The female background vocalists were k.d. lang, Jennifer Warnes, and Bonnie Raitt. During the end credits, several of the band members are shown talking about how Orbison influenced them. Other celebrity admirers of Orbison were in the audience, including David Lynch, Billy Idol, Patrick Swayze, Billy Bob Thornton, Sandra Bernhard and Kris Kristofferson. Some curiosities about Orbision that I always admired while being a reclused personality and one of the most incredible male voices after Elvis Presley: he always used black tinted eyeglasses because of poor eyesight since infancy that had extremely thick lenses, and his wife Barbara (that produced this video was his wife when they meet with 17 and 32yol respectively). Barbara Orbison died at 62yo of pancreatic cancer. While the video has only one of his most know musics (LA Woman) it was a huge event with lost of famous people at the public. Score of 8,0 out of 10,0 / A -.


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